The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Merchant Taylors' Company Charities Fund

Registered charity 1069124 Registered since 1998

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

6 trustees on the board

4y median 3y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

Portfolio (6)

3
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Disability 6General Charitable Purposes 6Education/training 5The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 3Professional services 3Construction 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£73k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.merchant-taylors.co.uk
Emailcharities@merchant-taylors.co.uk
Phone02074504440
AddressMERCHANT TAYLORS' HALL, 30 THREADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON, EC2R 8JB

Finances

£72,712 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£116,126£1,524,429
2022£119,712£63,847
2023£83,916£169,031
2024£84,591£119,972
2025£72,712£110,177

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAmateur Sport

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO CARRY OUT SUCH LEGALLY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, INFIRMITY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OR RELIGION OR OTHERWISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DECIDE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 26/01/1998AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 01/01/2006AS AMENDED BY RESOLUTION DATED 21/11/2007AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 16/07/2012

Trustees (6)

6trustees
65median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (6)

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